[Philippines] Classroom shortage puts 10,000 students on home study

As students and teachers again face a shortage of classrooms this year, one of the country’s most populated school divisions is turning to home schooling to ease overcrowding.

The Quezon City school division is placing some 10,000 students from six high schools on a home schooling program, the biggest number to be covered in a single area since the Department of Education adopted this alternative mode of teaching.

“There are 10,000 students from six high schools that will go on home study. Our city government has already allocated P20 million for that,” said assistant division superintendent Rowena Cacanindin.

[DUBAI] A group of Grade 6 pupils in Dubai want to convince schools across the country to convert to solar energy - and save up to Dh1 million a year on their electricity bills. If their mission, under the banner “Make A Difference”, is successful, the students at Emirates International School Jumeirah estimate that schools can reduce electricity usage by 20 per cent. (via Students want schools to use solar - The National)

[DUBAI] A group of Grade 6 pupils in Dubai want to convince schools across the country to convert to solar energy - and save up to Dh1 million a year on their electricity bills.

If their mission, under the banner “Make A Difference”, is successful, the students at Emirates International School Jumeirah estimate that schools can reduce electricity usage by 20 per cent. (via Students want schools to use solar - The National)

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[SHENYANG, CHINA] Educational authorities across the nation are embracing newly amended rules to prevent cheating on upcoming college entrance exams.
China clamps down on high-tech cheating - People’s Daily Online

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A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA). The research suggests many non-swimmers have never had a school swimming lesson despite its being part of the national curriculum for seven-to-11-year-olds. The ASA says swimming is the only curriculum subject that saves lives. The Department for Education said schools must provide lessons and pupils must be taught to swim 25m unaided. (via BBC News - Primary schools ‘failing to honour swimming obligations’)

A third of children in England cannot swim by the time they leave primary school, according to research from the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA).

The research suggests many non-swimmers have never had a school swimming lesson despite its being part of the national curriculum for seven-to-11-year-olds.

The ASA says swimming is the only curriculum subject that saves lives.

The Department for Education said schools must provide lessons and pupils must be taught to swim 25m unaided. (via BBC News - Primary schools ‘failing to honour swimming obligations’)

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In Sri Lanka, child-friendly schools transform communities (by unicef)

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Lessons from Abroad: Singapore's "holistic education"

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Singapore, often one of the top-performing countries on international assessments, is moving away from memorizing facts to an emphasis on creativity in learning, reports the BBC.

So what does this look like? For one of the country’s top schools, it meant taking a “learning journey” through a…

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[ABU DHABI] The capital’s education regulator is bringing in guidelines to help schools prevent bullying and other behavioural problems in pupils.

The guidelines, developed last year by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec), will add to a disciplinary code issued by the Ministry of Education in December.

Adec is training educators on how to use the guidelines in workshops. (via Bullying guidelines brought in by education council - The National)

Bullying guidelines brought in by education council - The National

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Three strategies for fixing education in the developing world. (via Copenhagen Consensus: Three strategies for fixing education in the developing world. - Slate Magazine)

Three strategies for fixing education in the developing world.

(via Copenhagen Consensus: Three strategies for fixing education in the developing world. - Slate Magazine)

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[EDMONTON, CANADA] A promising new program that teaches students to pause before reacting to turbulent emotions and conflict is being tested at a west-end elementary school, mental health and school officials said Tuesday.


The change in the students’ behaviour at Our Lady of the Prairies Catholic School was almost immediate when educators introduced the PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) program in October, said Tom Shand, executive director of the Alberta division of the Canadian Mental Health Association.

New program helps students deal with conflict

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The Danish minister of education is quoted: “I am happy that we as the first country in the world had the vision to let students use the internet during their exams. The internet is an integrated part of students’ everyday lives and education so this development is natural. The experiment shows there is a range of positive effects.
Connected Test-Taking: Is It Cheating? | Powerful Learning Practice

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